You could post up the image, would be better than trying to guess what you are starting with.

Otherwise, try dodging the midtones and shadows of the R. You can then work from there on just the selection to adjust to taste, brightness/saturation.

I'm sure there is a better way to do it, I've seen it somewhere, but can't for the life of me remember how.Masks comes to mind?? One of the more experienced guys will know and point you in the right direction.

If I understood you correctly here is what I would do. I would find a similar red light and photograph it. Then I would put in Photoshop the photo of the Golf over the photo of the light (layers, hide, ...etc) and then I would use brush to make red light visible where you need to be. I'm not on my comp so I'm writing from my memory but I think you know the procedure.

Create a new blank layer, grab your brush and paint 'inside the lines' so to speak!Here, I used color #cc0000, pick any color you want.Set the layer blend mode to 'color'.On my example I attached a 'curves' layer clipped to the painted layer to increase brightness.Outer glow uses the same color, see pic for settings.Inner shadow uses the same color as well, also see settings.

note: on my example I used 'multiply' blend mode for the 'inner shadow', but 'screen' or 'overlay' may be a better choice to retain more of the white highlights.

Create a new blank layer, grab your brush and paint 'inside the lines' so to speak!Here, I used color #cc0000, pick any color you want.Set the layer blend mode to 'color'.On my example I attached a 'curves' layer clipped to the painted layer to increase brightness.Outer glow uses the same color, see pic for settings.Inner shadow uses the same color as well, also see settings.

note: on my example I used 'multiply' blend mode for the 'inner shadow', but 'screen' or 'overlay' may be a better choice to retain more of the white highlights.

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